USN-2697-1: Ghostscript vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2697-1

30th July, 2015

ghostscript vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 15.04
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Ghostscript could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially crafted file.

Software description

• ghostscript - PostScript and PDF interpreter

Details

William Robinet and Stefan Cornelius discovered that Ghostscript did not
correctly handle certain Postscript files. If a user or automated system
were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause
a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 15.04:

libgs9 9.15+dfsg-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

libgs9 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.4

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

libgs9 9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.3

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2015-3228

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/1ItNQ9T